Back in time, we go. A very belated goodbye to the teachers who committed this heinous crime that led to the creation of this thread many months ago. I'm in college now and I still don't agree with homework.

Yes your future is important Connor. The job scene is very difficult even people with good degrees are finding it hard to get good jobs. It has taken my daughter 7 years to get her qualifications she did it the hard way. An ND then HNC the 4 years at university. She is applying for jobs now and has 2 interviews in the next few weeks. So stick in its a grind but if you want a good job that's what you have to do.

Sad that today's qualifications are deemed less worthy than in previous years.Weird that better education tends for more people to pass their relevant exams but then they are accused of passing because exams are being dumming down, like I said, weird.

The thing is, we've allowed education/academics to become a stepping stone for employment. Of course, with certain degrees such as medicine and law, the coursework you do *is* relevant to a job/field, but education used to be about bettering yourself/your mind. Much of what is taught is not nearly as valuable as what you would learn working in the field immediately.

I'm all for free education for whoever wants it; I just think it's been sold to young people as a necessary requirement for any job, when it really shouldn't be.